Cindy Crawford poses for a family portrait for JCPenney

Cindy Crawford poses with her mother and daughter for JCPenney. Photo: JCPenney

Don't panic, you haven't forgotten to send a card, Cindy Crawford and JCPenney (the US equivalent of Debenhams) are celebrating Mother's Day Stateside. For her part, Crawford has roped in her mother and her model-in-the-making daughter Kaia to pose for a family portrait and star in a short film gushing about the 'things my mother gave me'.

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In the case of original supermodel Cindy, you would think that was pretty obvious - amazing genes, legs that go on forever, a face that made a fortune, hair to die for… the list is endless. But her answer is not as shallow as ours might have been under the circumstances:

"The biggest gift that my mother has given me that I try to give my daughter is - don't cry - and we talk about this a lot, is unconditional love. I mean, if you're a kid, just to have that empowers you for the rest of your life and if you have that, you don't need anything else." Aw.

On the same subject, 10-year-old Kaia - currently starring in her first major fashion campaign for Versace children's wear shot by Mert & Marcus - is extremely cute and equally in thrall of
her
superstar mum:

"Oh my goodness, she's just the best mom in the world. I mean, she's so nice and I can actually hang out with her and have fun." Plus there's the great genes, legs that go on forever...

A more beautiful and emotional scene we could not imagine on a grey day such as this. Grab a hankie and enjoy...